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Michelle L. Pantoya

Michelle L. Pantoya

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
42
Citations
7732
World Ranking
1807
National Ranking
687

Overview

Michelle L. Pantoya is affiliated with Texas Tech University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas primarily within engineering and materials science, with a strong emphasis on energetic materials and combustion. The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as thermal and kinetic analysis, combustion and detonation processes, and rocket and propulsion systems research.

The main fields of study for Pantoya include:

  • Engineering
  • Materials Science

Within these broader categories, the subfields of study reflected in their work include:

  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

The primary research topics focus on:

  • Energetic Materials and Combustion
  • Thermal and Kinetic Analysis
  • Combustion and Detonation Processes
  • High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior
  • Rocket and propulsion systems research
  • Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science

Frequent publication venues for Pantoya's work include:

  • Combustion and Flame
  • Journal of Applied Physics
  • Propellants Explosives Pyrotechnics
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Collaborations have been a significant part of Pantoya's research activities. Frequent co-authors include Igor Altman, Adélia J. A. Aquino, Daniel Tunega, I. Shancita, and Quan Tran.

Recent notable publications by Michelle L. Pantoya feature research on aluminum particle behavior and oxidation phenomena, including:

  • "Effects of Size and Prestressing of Aluminum Particles on the Oxidation of Levitated exo-Tetrahydrodicyclopentadiene Droplets" (2020), published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • "Thermal analysis of microscale aluminum particles coated with perfluorotetradecanoic (PFTD) acid" (2020), published in Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
  • "Aluminum particle reactivity as a function of alumina shell structure: Amorphous versus crystalline" (2020), published in Powder Technology
  • "Silicon alloying enhances fast heating rate combustion of aluminum particles" (2022), published in Combustion and Flame
  • "Surface modifications of plasma treated aluminum particles and direct evidence for altered reactivity" (2021), published in Materials & Design

Best Publications

  • Laser ignition of nanocomposite thermites

    John J. Granier;Michelle L. Pantoya

  • Combustion Behavior of Highly Energetic Thermites: Nano versus Micron Composites

    Michelle L. Pantoya;John J. Granier

  • Combustion velocities and propagation mechanisms of metastable interstitial composites

    B. S. Bockmon;M. L. Pantoya;S. F. Son;B. W. Asay

  • EFFECT OF AL PARTICLE SIZE ON THE THERMAL DEGRADATION OF AL/TEFLON MIXTURES

    Dustin T. Osborne;Michelle L. Pantoya

  • Combustion wave speeds of nanocomposite Al/Fe2O3: the effects of Fe2O3 particle synthesis technique

    Keith B. Plantier;Michelle L. Pantoya;Alexander E. Gash

  • Melt dispersion mechanism for fast reaction of nanothermites

    Valery I. Levitas;Blaine W. Asay;Steven F. Son;Michelle Pantoya

  • Fast reactions with nano- and micrometer aluminum: A study on oxidation versus fluorination

    Kyle W. Watson;Michelle L. Pantoya;Valery I. Levitas

  • Mechanochemical mechanism for fast reaction of metastable intermolecular composites based on dispersion of liquid metal

    Valery I. Levitas;Blaine W. Asay;Steven F. Son;Michelle Pantoya

  • Activating Aluminum Reactivity with Fluoropolymer Coatings for Improved Energetic Composite Combustion

    Jena McCollum;Michelle L. Pantoya;Scott T. Iacono

  • Melt dispersion versus diffusive oxidation mechanism for aluminum nanoparticles: Critical experiments and controlling parameters

    Valery I. Levitas;Michelle L. Pantoya;Birce Dikici

  • The influence of alumina passivation on nano-Al/Teflon reactions

    Michelle L. Pantoya;Steven W. Dean

  • Impact ignition of nano and micron composite energetic materials

    Emily M. Hunt;Steven Malcolm;Michelle L. Pantoya;Freddie Davis

  • Ignition dynamics and activation energies of metallic thermites: From nano- to micron-scale particulate composites

    Emily M. Hunt;Michelle L. Pantoya

  • Effect of the Alumina Shell on the Melting Temperature Depression for Aluminum Nanoparticles

    Valery I. Levitas;Michelle L. Pantoya;Garima Chauhan;Iris Rivero

  • The aluminium and iodine pentoxide reaction for the destruction of spore forming bacteria

    Billy R. Clark;Michelle L. Pantoya

  • Nano-scale reactants in the self-propagating high-temperature synthesis of nickel aluminide

    Emily M Hunt;Keith B Plantier;Michelle L Pantoya

  • Effect of Bulk Density on Reaction Propagation in Nanothermites and Micron Thermites

    Michelle L. Pantoya;Valery I. Levitas;John J. Granier;Jack B. Henderson

  • Melt dispersion mechanism for fast reaction of aluminum nano- and micron-scale particles: Flame propagation and SEM studies

    Valery I. Levitas;Michelle L. Pantoya;Steven Dean

  • Characterizing the feasibility of processing wet granular materials to improve rheology for 3D printing

    Michael Sweeney;Loudon L. Campbell;Jeff Hanson;Michelle L. Pantoya

  • Reaction kinetics of nanometric aluminum and iodine pentoxide

    Cory Farley;Michelle Pantoya

  • The effect of slow heating rates on the reaction mechanisms of nano and micron composite thermite reactions

    Michelle L. Pantoya;J. J. Granier

  • Combustion Wave Speeds of Sol−Gel-Synthesized Tungsten Trioxide and Nano-Aluminum: The Effect of Impurities on Flame Propagation

    Daniel Prentice;Michelle L. Pantoya;Alexander E. Gash

  • MECHANOCHEMICAL MECHANISM FOR FAST REACTION OF METASTABLE INTERMOLECULAR COMPOSITES BASED ON DISPERSION OF LIQUID METAL

    Michelle L. Pantoya;Valery I. Levitas

Frequent Co-Authors

Valery I. Levitas
Valery I. Levitas Iowa State University
Adelia J. A. Aquino
Adelia J. A. Aquino Texas Tech University
Steven F. Son
Steven F. Son Purdue University West Lafayette
Nobumichi Tamura
Nobumichi Tamura Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Daniel Tunega
Daniel Tunega BOKU University
Micah J. Green
Micah J. Green Texas A&M University
Dilhan M. Kalyon
Dilhan M. Kalyon Stevens Institute of Technology
Jingjing Qiu
Jingjing Qiu Texas Tech University
Joe H. Satcher
Joe H. Satcher Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Hans Lischka
Hans Lischka Texas Tech University

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